Stories from Friday, May 30, 2014

A blocked culvert has caused expansion property owned by the county near Liberty School to flood, with standing water and overgrowth in one corner of the property, and a neighbor of the site says that if the problem isn't fixed, the site could be declared a wetland...

During a budget study session Thursday night, Shelbyville Public Works Director Mark Clanton told Shelbyville City Council members that the pilot program of new residential garbage containers has been a "tremendous" success. The budget for 2014-2015 includes two more truckloads of the containers, or 1,200, enough to cover about a third of the city. It would take about 6,100, on top of the 903 now in place under the current pilot program, to cover the city completely...

Lily Roberts was having fun in the sun and staying cool with her mother at the Shelbyville Recreation Center outdoor pool. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Shelbyville City Council voted 4-2 during a special called meeting Thursday night to accept the resignation of City Recorder Vickie Haskins in conjunction with a negotiated agreement. The special meeting had been called earlier in the week, and at that time the agenda item was described as Haskins' termination. But during the meeting Thursday night, City Manager Jay Johnson said Haskins had, after discussions, submitted a resignation letter...

Recent Shelbyville Central graduate and Golden Eagle baseball standout Alex Birdsong will continue his education as well as his baseball career after recently signing a letter of intent with Chattanooga State Community College. Chattanooga State is a member of the TCCAA Region VII conference and is one of the top junior college baseball program in the nation with a trip to the JUCO World Series in 2010...